Daniel Pauly is one of the most widely cited fisheries scientists of his generation. On the Sex of Fish and the Gender of Scientists comprises an edited and updated collection of 27 of Daniel Pauly’s essays, spanning a great range of exciting and sometimes contriversial topics, many of them breaking new scientific ground. The book is divided into four sections covering tropical and other fisheries, patterns in fish biology, overfishing and how fisheries science is implemented. There is a foreword to the book written by Ray Hilborn and a series foreword by series editor Tony Pitcher. This book should interest everyone involved in fisheries science and fish biology, professionals and students alike. It is aimed at fish biologists, fisheries scientists, marine and freshwater biologists, environmental scientists, aquaculturalists, ecologists.